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PrePass / HELP Inc. bonds.
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PrePass, the weigh-station bypass and toll-payment network operated by the nonprofit HELP Inc., requires a participating motor carrier to secure its account — either with a cash deposit or with this financial guarantee bond running to HELP Inc.'s PrePass Billing Department as obligee. The bond guarantees payment of the tolls, transponder fees, and program charges your fleet accrues. Premium is priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the security amount your PrePass account requires and your exact price appears at the application.

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Required to secure your PrePass account with HELP Inc. — a program requirement, not a statute
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A bonded alternative to tying up cash in a security deposit with HELP Inc.
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Priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the amount your PrePass account requires and your exact price appears
From $100your price at applicationSoft pullnever a hard inquiryInstantissued the moment you pay
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How it works

Apply to filed in one sitting.

A carrier financial guarantee bond at a routine amount is ordinary commercial surety — no committee, no lengthy underwriting. Here is the whole thing:

TODAY · ONLINE

Apply online

Your entity type and FEIN (or your name and SSN if you apply as an individual), owner details, the date of your PrePass / HELP Inc. agreement, the bond amount your account requires, and an effective date. The form closes with a credit consent that authorizes a soft inquiry only.

INSTANTLY

Issued the moment you pay

Financial guarantee bonds at routine amounts approve on the spot, and the executed bond generates as soon as payment clears. The consent authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. A large penal sum can draw a short review before the bond releases.

SAME DAY

File it with PrePass

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to send to the PrePass Billing Department so your account activates or your cash deposit releases. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the PrePass financial guarantee bond actually guarantees

HELP Inc. (Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate, Inc.) is the nonprofit alliance of state transportation and law enforcement agencies that operates PrePass — the transponder-based system that lets a qualifying commercial motor carrier bypass weigh stations and inspection stops at highway speed, and in many states pay tolls electronically through the same account. Participation is a private program relationship between the carrier and HELP Inc., not a state or federal license.

Every PrePass account has to be secured, because the network extends the carrier credit for tolls, transponder fees, and program charges before they're billed. HELP Inc. lets a carrier satisfy that security requirement with a cash deposit or with this financial guarantee bond instead, running to the PrePass Billing Department as obligee. The bond guarantees that the fees and tolls your fleet accrues on the network get paid — and it is the usual three-party arrangement (you as principal, the surety carrier, and PrePass as obligee) rather than insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.

There is no statutory bond amount. HELP Inc. sets the required security based on your fleet size and expected toll and fee volume, the same way it would set a cash-deposit target, and it can adjust the figure as your account activity changes. Confirm the amount your PrePass account currently requires before you apply.

HELP Inc. — PrePass Billing Department; private program requirement, not a statuteNo federal or state statute requires this bond. It exists because HELP Inc. — the nonprofit operator of the PrePass weigh-station bypass and toll network — requires every participating account to be secured, and gives carriers the choice of a cash deposit or a surety bond running to its PrePass Billing Department. Because the requirement is a program condition rather than a statute, the security amount is set by HELP Inc. based on your fleet and account activity — confirm the current figure with your PrePass account representative before you apply, and use the exact amount and your agreement date from that account when you complete the application.

You need this bond if you are

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A motor carrier enrolling in PrePass and choosing a bond over tying up cash in a security deposit
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An existing PrePass participant converting a cash deposit to a bond to free up working capital
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A carrier whose fleet or toll volume grew and whose required security amount increased
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A carrier renewing an expiring PrePass financial guarantee bond to keep the account active without interruption

One application, issued the moment you pay.

These are the actual issuing fields — entity type and FEIN (or your name and SSN if you apply as an individual), owner details, the date of your PrePass / HELP Inc. agreement, and the bond amount your account requires. The form closes with a consent that authorizes a soft credit inquiry only.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the PrePass / HELP Inc. financial guarantee bond?The premium is priced at 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. HELP Inc. sets the required security amount for your PrePass account based on your fleet size and toll/fee volume — there is no statutory figure. Enter that number and your exact price appears at the application.
What amount should I enter?The security amount HELP Inc. requires for your PrePass account — the same figure it would otherwise ask you to hold as a cash deposit. Check your PrePass account correspondence or ask your account representative if you're not sure, and use the amount they confirm.
Does this replace my cash deposit?It's the alternative to one. HELP Inc. lets a participating carrier secure a PrePass account with either a cash deposit or a bond like this — posting the bond is how you free up the cash instead of leaving it on deposit with the program.
Is there a credit check?The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.
What does the bond actually guarantee?That the tolls, transponder fees, and other program charges your fleet accrues on the PrePass network get paid. If your account falls behind and a valid claim is made, HELP Inc. can recover against the bond up to its amount — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. The bond amount is the surety's maximum exposure, not money you hand over up front.
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From $100, priced at 2% of the bond amount. Enter the security amount your account requires and file with PrePass the same day. Free until issued.

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